Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:02:15 -0800 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Cc: clemens fischer <ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org>, Yury Tarasievich <grog@grsu.by>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making pkg_XXX tools smarter about file types... Message-ID: <20030209220215.GL20055@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <3E46A10D.6090409@acm.org> References: <3E42C148.4050807@acm.org> <3E440393.3080506@grsu.by> <smuxs891.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de> <3E46A10D.6090409@acm.org>
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On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:42:21AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Eventually, someone should teach pkg_install > about fetch, so it could offer the option of > downloading and installing the dependency. > IIRC, Debian's package system handled this pretty > elegantly---it even upgraded installed packages > automatically---although their curses-based > UI was ... erm .... "quirky." ;-) you mean like ''pkg_add -r'' already does? -- - bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org / billf@mu.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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